Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-01-27

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 27
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 289▲ 14 vs year ago 285 · +4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 59▼ 16 vs year ago 95 · −16.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $406.50/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 19 of 20 comparable sales and sits +66.90 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$406.50
13 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.09
vs FL average
−31.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535406.502,17413thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale13 hd
406.50
—
FL average4 barns · 68 hd
404.42
+2.09
National average68 barns · 7,217 hd
437.65
−31.15
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
+66.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,510182.822,7613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,100165.831,82445
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,010149.121,5068thin

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1219825.96/cwt790.00–850.001,8097
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269798.00/cwt750.00–850.002,14713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324727.81/cwt700.00–750.002,3587
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365510.55/cwt490.00–530.001,8648
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369564.04/cwt550.00–580.002,08111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371633.29/cwt600.00–660.002,3507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413560.36/cwt540.00–580.002,31410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425514.65/cwt500.00–530.002,18712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425480.24/cwt470.00–490.002,0416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463481.27/cwt470.00–490.002,2289
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464441.59/cwt430.00–450.002,0497
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258723.01/cwt680.00–780.001,8659
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315646.19/cwt620.00–670.002,0358
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315584.60/cwt560.00–610.001,8418
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327520.31/cwt500.00–550.001,7017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361459.25/cwt430.00–480.001,6587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365510.27/cwt500.00–520.001,86210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368559.59/cwt540.00–580.002,0598
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420494.46/cwt480.00–510.002,07712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420409.64/cwt400.00–420.001,7208
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421443.29/cwt430.00–460.001,8667
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463425.41/cwt410.00–440.001,9708
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466480.96/cwt470.00–495.002,24111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509414.33/cwt410.00–420.002,1097
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565397.37/cwt390.00–405.002,2456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,510182.82/cwt178.00–185.002,7613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010149.12/cwt145.00–153.001,5068
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085162.76/cwt157.00–168.001,76632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137173.37/cwt171.00–177.001,97113

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.